see belgium’s structure studios by way of the lens marc goodwin

photographer marc goodwin arrives in belgium

 

Expanding his ongoing documentation of structure studios the world over, photographer Marc Goodwin / Archmospheres has now turned his lens to Belgium. This newest chapter follows his sequence in Japan and Porto, as soon as once more providing a glimpse into the every day environments the place structure is conceived and examined. The venture emerges in collaboration with native architects, with Goodwin capturing the interiors and atmospheres that outline how Belgian practices arrange themselves. From Antwerp to Brussels and Ghent, the images sequence reveals how architects form their studios very like their buildings.

 

BINST architects

 

BINST ARCHITECTS relies in Antwerp’s Luikstraat, occupying a 1,056-square-meter area since 2018. The constructing has had many lives — from a colonial rubber storage facility to a discotheque — earlier than turning into the studio’s new dwelling. With sixty individuals, the agency emphasizes pure mild, tactile supplies, and openness balanced with intimacy.

BINST Architects | all photographs © Marc Goodwin / Archmospheres

 

 

BRUNO SPAAS ARCHITECTUUR

 

In Antwerp, Bruno Spaas Architectuur occupies a 210-square-meter area that after housed a stamp workshop. Since 2019, the small staff of 1 to 3 has cultivated a peaceful and related setting, crammed with objects, samples, and books that encourage experimentation.

Bruno Spaas Architectuur

 

 

B-architecten

 

In Antwerp, Goodwin visits B-architecten, a apply of sixty individuals in a studio spanning 1,200 sq. meters. The staff occupies two historic areas: Anyplace, as soon as a diamond chopping manufacturing facility, and B-cinema, the primary constructing in Antwerp particularly constructed as a cinema in 1913. Since shifting into B-cinema in 2024, the agency has emphasised an workplace tradition that evokes creativity and displays its design-driven identification.

B-architecten

 

 

Brut structure and concrete design

 

From a penthouse in Brussels, Brut architecture and urban design works throughout 320 sq. meters with views over the town. Originally in-built 1956 and later renovated by OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen, the area presents openness, mild, and uncooked materiality softened by vegetation. The fourteen-person studio emphasizes shared meals and the steadiness between collective work and smaller assembly areas.

Brut structure and concrete design

 

 

Contekst

 

Antwerp’s CONTEKST moved into its 210-square-meter workplace in 2023, a former notary workplace from 1906 designed by R. Styfhals. With a staff of seven, the apply prioritizes selection and a human-centered strategy, shaping features to help alternative ways of working.

Contekst

 

 

FELT structure & design

 

In Ghent, FELT architecture & design has labored since 2014 in a former cloth depot and stitching workshop. The 120-square-meter workplace is a part of a inventive coworking area shared with aNNo architecten and MAAT ontwerpers. The staff of 11 values the beneficiant scale of the rooms, which permit for big mock-ups and collaborative experimentation.